we are both off of work due to sick kids.
while cooking lunch he turns to me and says, i don't know anywhere in the bible that jesus would give dates about the end coming.
he said to love, forgive, and love some more.
Hold your breath for half a second and say, "You are right! That deserves some thought."
Reminds me of the day my hubby called me up and told me seriously he had done some deep thinking and he wanted to stop attending the meetings. I held my breath for a moment, commisserated with his distress, and then suggested he take up a new hobby.
The dancing in the streets came later.
i feel this is an excellent mini-summary of the relationship of religion to science of the years and is a good read.
the only part i disagree with is "defining yourself by atheism.
" marginalized groups are defined that way by the majority and are forced to have it as part of their self identity.. .
"On a day-to-day level, one of the greatest challenges facing most humans is the quest to avoid living in an unconscious fog—this fog is where you are when you make big life decisions for small-minded reasons, when you short-sightedly side-step your own integrity, when you continually prioritize the wrong things over the right things, settle for mediocrity out of fear, or waste huge amounts of your precious time procrastinating. And this is one issue science can’t help with—an unconscious fog can only be combated through spiritual growth. (bolding mine - Jgnat)"
Spiritual or not, nearly everybody moves through an unconscious fog. That's how I picked my husband, a specactularly illogical choice (but somehow so, so very good for me).
I'm not entirely convinced that spirituality makes us any better at these things.
Religous spirituality perhaps, sets social norms and conformity. Which can be useful or overdone depending.
i feel this is an excellent mini-summary of the relationship of religion to science of the years and is a good read.
the only part i disagree with is "defining yourself by atheism.
" marginalized groups are defined that way by the majority and are forced to have it as part of their self identity.. .
...and don't forget, the carpet is really lava and the only way to escape is to jump on the furniture. It's called make-believe and children pick up the difference really fast (between 3 and 4 years of age).
the rumor mill and insight from this website has me dreaming of slipping out some, " my friend at bethel ( i have a few but their nobodies) told me coming up they are changing 144k, our name thus the logo changes, and the number of gb members".
would i get in trouble, could elders legitimately talk to me?
who are they if i have info from someone higher up and in new york?
I only passed on to hubby stuff I knew to be true. Ever after he would ask me what the latest release was going to be. It built my street cred.
the dead man is gaspard menga, a jehovah's witness who was the first person to contract ebola in 1995. the people around him, are his family.
within a month, most of the ones on this picture were dead from ebola.
it was because of gaspard that we now know that african burial rites are a mayor cause in spreading ebola.
Fascinating article.
i was publicly reproved last year and the elders have taken their sweet time in reinstating my "privileges".
it's been six months and i can't answer at the meetings or participate in the theocratic ministry school.
in all honesty- i don't care about the privileges.
Hi, lsh. I was never a JW. My pitfalls and mistakes are between me and my God. Sometimes I confess to my husband and we forgive each other. What else is needed?
jehovahs witnesses in sierra leone stamp out, "false rumors about the source of ebola".. .
in july, traveling representatives of jehovahs witnesses began making special two-day visits to each congregation in sierra leone and guinea.
the visits feature a talk entitled obedience saves lives, .
One of the pre-baptism questions:
9 . To avoid transmitting an infection or a potentially fatal disease to others, why should an infected person (a) not initiate public displays of affection such as hugging and kissing? (b) attend the Congregation Book Study at the Kingdom Hall if at all possible? (c) not react negatively when some choose not to invite him into their homes? (d) Why should a person who may have been exposed to an infectious disease voluntarily choose to have a blood test before beginning a courship? (e) Why should one having a communicable disease inform the presiding overseer before getting baptized?
i was publicly reproved last year and the elders have taken their sweet time in reinstating my "privileges".
it's been six months and i can't answer at the meetings or participate in the theocratic ministry school.
in all honesty- i don't care about the privileges.
I think this is a game of endurance, and you are bound to be the winner. Blank notebook for the meetings, record your own thoughts. Keep a proud posture, look the creep elders straight in the eye when you talk to them. Keep the voice and words soft and humble, though, straight from the WT manual.
I'd be tempted to keep a dumpy schoolmarm outfit ready for the meetings. Same outfit every single meeting. Dare them to suggest that you are taking their direction "too far".
ok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .
i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.
i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .
Re: JW / Apple hybrid meeting.
I would love to see a Witness Scarf Guy.
ok, internet tv, some new songs and updates on a couple obscure prophecies no one cares about.... .
i for one was so disappointed at the smallness of it.
i guess i bought the hype that when they said "big", they meant it.. .
This is it.
